{"id":45545,"date":"2016-11-01T08:05:51","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T02:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=45545"},"modified":"2016-11-01T08:05:57","modified_gmt":"2016-11-01T02:35:57","slug":"plea-seeking-declare-jayas-election-void","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/plea-seeking-declare-jayas-election-void","title":{"rendered":"Plea seeking to declare Jaya&#8217;s election void"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/madras-high-court.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"276\" height=\"183\" data-attachment-id=\"45546\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/plea-seeking-declare-jayas-election-void\/madras-high-court-10\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/madras-high-court.jpg?fit=276%2C183&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"276,183\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"madras-high-court\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/madras-high-court.jpg?fit=276%2C183&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-45546\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/madras-high-court.jpg?resize=276%2C183&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"madras-high-court\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/madras-high-court.jpg?w=276&amp;ssl=1 276w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/madras-high-court.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px\" \/><\/a>The Madras High Court today directed the court registry to serve a fresh notice to Tamil Nadu Chief Electoral Officer on a plea by an independent who unsuccessfully fought the May 16 Assembly polls from R K Nagar, from where Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa won, seeking to declare the poll &#8220;null and void&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Petitioner G Pravina had moved the High Court on August 18 challenging Jayalalithaa&#8217;s election, following which the court had ordered issue of notice to the CEO.<\/p>\n<p>Pravina today submitted that the notice was yet to be served to the CEO, following which the court ordered issue of fresh notice.<\/p>\n<p>When she sought a direction to adjourn the matter till the ailing Chief Minister recovered, Jayalalithaa&#8217;s counsel submitted that there was no need for it as he represents her.<\/p>\n<p>Pravina contented that that her right to equality under Article 14 of the Constitution was infringed upon as the Election Commission had not acted on her complaints and sought a direction to hold a fresh poll in R K Nagar.<\/p>\n<p>She submitted that the constituency&#8217;s Returning Officer had not even permitted her to go for campaigning, including using vehicles for the purpose.<\/p>\n<p>Pravina said she had submitted a complaint to the Election authorities on May 15 against &#8220;not giving permission for campaigning&#8221;, but no action was taken.<\/p>\n<p>She had made a telephone call to Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi, who even after assuring action, had &#8220;not acted&#8221; on her complaint wherein she had sought either countermanding or postponement of the polls, she charged.<\/p>\n<p>She claimed that the vehicles used by her were detained at &#8220;gunpoint&#8221; by police.<\/p>\n<p>Also, the pot symbol allotted to her was not as per the specification of ECI, she contended.<\/p>\n<p>The Judge directed issue of a fresh notice to the CEO and posted the matter for further hearing to November 29.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Madras High Court today directed the court registry to serve a fresh notice to Tamil Nadu Chief Electoral Officer on a plea by an independent who unsuccessfully fought the May 16 Assembly polls from R K Nagar, from where Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa won, seeking to declare the poll &#8220;null and void&#8221;. 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